The Future of US Strategic Competition with China

July 25, 2019

Michael Pillsbury participated as a speaker at the Atlantic Council’s Asia Security Initiative, housed within the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security hosted a public panel discussion on forward-looking recommendations for the future of US-China relations and US strategy towards China.

How should the United States and its allies work together to respond to China’s ongoing rise? What are the advantages and limits of the current US approach? Ultimately, can the United States and China be both strategic competitors and, at least in some areas, strategic cooperators at the same time?

The Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security works to develop sustainable, nonpartisan strategies to address the most important security challenges facing the United States and the world. The Center honors General Brent Scowcroft’s legacy of service and embodies his ethos of nonpartisan commitment to the cause of security, support for US leadership in cooperation with allies and partners, and dedication to the mentorship of the next generation of leaders.